Keys to Customized Career Pathing in Your Organization

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Professional development can often fall by the wayside because it is not seen as urgent. With all the deadlines, crunch times, and other get-it-done-yesterday tasks that can fill up an employee’s day, it’s easy to say, “I’ll get to that tomorrow.” To get new employees — and L&D professionals — started off on the right foot, start thinking about career pathing even before a candidate has been hired for the position.

New to career pathing? Check out our Career Pathing 101 guide to get started.

A plan can only be effective when it is put into action. So when creating a career path for someone, it only makes sense to involve them in the process. From the very beginning of the employee experience, work with the individual to map out a career development plan that aligns their personal goals with the organization’s needs. Share ownership of managing and adjusting this plan along the way.

Learn more: Setting Up Career Pathing for New Hires

A customized career pathing plan can benefit more than the employee. In fact, professional development planning is the ideal venue for L&D to anticipate the company’s future needs. For example, when 85% of executives are not confident in their leadership pipeline, L&D professionals can provide peace of mind by nurturing the growth of future leaders in the organization.

Collaboration goes beyond the relationship between L&D professionals and employees. Encourage employees to learn alongside their colleagues by taking advantage of social and community tools in a platform like LinkedIn Learning. When colleagues learn together, they help each other reinforce what they have learned, encourage a more sustained culture of learning, and ultimately achieve better learning outcomes.

There is no need for learners to wait for L&D to customize their learning content for them. One of the most effective tools for engaging learners and sustaining momentum is through recommended courses. Learners can receive recommendations from their managers and their colleagues — and they can recommend courses to others as well. When combined with LinkedIn Learning’s self-service approach, learners are empowered to access relevant courses whenever they want.

Customized career pathing is more than tailoring training plans to the needs of each employee. L&D professionals can use LinkedIn Learning to serve learners internal, proprietary learning materials as well as third party courses. This will help keep learners up to date on the latest industry skills and give them the information they need to stay current with new internal tools and procedures.

LinkedIn Learning has everything you need for highly effective career pathing. Learn more about LinkedIn Learning today.